Kingdom Good News
Have you ever wondered what the phrase “gospel of the kingdom” means when you read it in the gospels?
Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
Matthew 9:35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
The Gospel of the Kingdom means the good news of the kingdom. That wouldn’t carry any weight without demonstrating why it is considered good news. Jesus demonstrated that it was good news by healing all kinds of sicknesses and diseases among the people.
We have millions crossing our border because they have been told things are way better in the United States than where they come from. There is an appeal to a better kingdom than the one a person is currently part of.
To preach the good news of the kingdom, there needs to be a reason why it is good news. Jesus demonstrated why the kingdom was good news every time he healed the sick, cured a disease, cast out a demon, raised the dead, or did one of the many miracles He performed. Jesus never preached a powerless gospel.
When Jesus sent out the twelve disciples in Matthew 10, He told them to do as He had done. They were to preach that the kingdom of heaven is at hand and heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out demons.
For those who have been told this type of ministry was just for Jesus’s original apostles, the twelve, Jesus later sent out seventy in Luke 10. They, too, were told to heal the sick and tell them the kingdom had come near to them.
The Kingdom has a culture. The culture of the United States is very different from other cultures. Kingdom culture is very different from all other cultures anywhere. There are benefits to being part of the kingdom of God. When one is born again, they become part of the kingdom as a new creation.
Some try to say this kind of supernatural ministry died with the first apostles. Others would even say it died when the Bible was made. Jesus said something about believers that should cause anyone to reconsider such statements as being in error.
Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
If such supernatural works ended, would that mean there would be no more believers?
Concerning the gospel of the kingdom, which we have already seen is to be demonstrated when preached, Jesus said,
Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Scripture’s language supports the idea of a supernatural church until the end of time because those who believe in Jesus have signs following them and continue to bring kingdom good news to others.
